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An oil painting depicting Johann Gutenberg casting movable type while another worker sets type. Gutenberg's press is in the foreground of the painting.

An oil painting depicting Benjamin Franklin printing on a wooden common press. He is prinitng "Poor Richard's Almanack."

The RIT Uncommon Press design and construction team from left: Daniel Krull, Educational and Social Media Specialist; Seth Gottlieb, Research Lead; Randall Paulhamus, Lead Engineer; Veronica Hebbard, Project Lead; Stephen Spector, Carpenter; Ferris…

Field trip to document and measure the Louis C. Roy Press at the Mackenzie Printery and Newspaper Museum in Queenston, ON, Canada.

The team traveled to purchase white oak from New England Naval Timbers, in Cornwall, CT.

A glimpse into one of the buildings full of wood at Irion Lumber, in Wellsboro, PA. One of the boards in this view eventually became the press's platen.

Matt Schofield, lead blacksmith at Genesee Country Village and Museum in Mumford, NY, creates the wrought-iron hose band.

Image of parts created by the blacksmith Matt Schofield for the Uncommon Press.

Technical drawings created with digital tools to show the whole press, and the subsystem of the spindle and hose, which send the platen down to exert the printing pressure

Technical drawings created with digital tools to show the whole press, and the subsystem of the spindle and hose, which send the platen down to exert the printing pressure